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Open your VM window (but don’t start it yet).

SmartMount can be enabled with these three easy steps: The SmartMount tool helps you set Parallels Desktop to automatically mount Mac storage devices and volumes to Windows so that you can access their contents from both operating systems. The Shared Profile tool shares your Mac desktop, pictures, documents, downloads, music and videos with your Windows VM so that you have access to all these files directly from the Windows side.įor example, with this option enabled, the VM’s desktop will display the icons present on the Mac OS X Desktop and your Windows home folder will be linked to your Mac home folder.Īs long as these files are now shared, if you delete a Mac OS X file from the Windows desktop, it will be wiped out from both operating systems-so just be careful what you delete. Let me walk you through the list of sharing options available in Parallels Desktop, which are designed for sharing files, folders, etc. You should have Parallels Tools installed in a virtual machine in order to take advantage of this integration and also make sure the Isolate Mac from Windows option is disabled in the Security pane of your VM configuration window. Parallels Desktop ® for Mac provides close integration between your Mac OS X and Windows virtual machines. Guest blog by Manoj Dhanasekar, Parallels Support Team